Sunday, July 20, 2008

Baptisms

Today we celebrated our first two baptisms at City-Wide Redeemer. What a day! I was most taken by the courage that it took for a man nearly 60 to come forward for his baptism. He is certainly committed to following Jesus in the years of his life that remain.

We also accepted new members today, three of whom joined upon profession of faith, as opposed to a transfer from another congregation. This is an encouraging signal.

We continue to settle into our new digs at Goynes Elementary. (Side note: the school staff there has been absolutely phenomenal. We could not have found a better group of people with whom to have this kind of relationship for facility rental.) We just about have all of the sound kinks worked out. The spacing for seating is great.

We had several guests today, along with some return guest from last week. That is fun to see. Neat people!

The skies are threatening rain today. Well, maybe threatening is too strong. It is. I'll say that the skies are teasing rain today instead. We still haven't had any rain at our house this year. I'm praying for rain like never before in my life.

Cathedral Rock near Mt. Charleston

Living out of Storage

Arizona Monsoon Storm Approaches

Joshua Tree National Forest

About Me

Angie and I have have both spent our adult lives in the Southwest. We were married in 1994 and have been blessed with three wonderful children. The last three years have been spent in St. Louis, MO where I studied at Covenant Theological Seminary, and graduated May 18th, 2007. God has now called us to plant a mission church work in North Las Vegas, NV. In October, 2006 we attended the Presbyterian Church in America's church planting assessment and received their recommendation to begin the work of church planting. Before attending Covenant Seminary I served as a teaching elder at Grace Fellowship Church in Buckeye, AZ. During our stay in St. Louis I assisted Hope Presbyterian Church (PCA)in Collinsville, IL as a pastoral assistant leading worship and small group bible studies. Most recently I served Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Webster Groves, MO as pulpit supply from January to May of 2007. We both share a passion to see the lost come to faith in Jesus. We believe in the transformational power of the gospel as God's Spirit changes hearts, families, and communities.